Primary
Primary
1960
Documentary
Synopsis
Primary is a documentary film about the primary elections between John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey in 1960. Primary is the first documentary to use light equipment in order to follow their subjects in a more intimate filmmaking style. This unconventional way of filming created a new look for documentary films where the camera’s lens was right in the middle of what ever drama was occurring. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 1998.
Credits
Director
Robert Drew
Cast
Hubert H. Humphrey as Self
Jacqueline Kennedy as Self
John F. Kennedy as Self
Joseph Julian as Narrator (voice)
Joseph McBride as Self - Kennedy Volunteer
Muriel Humphrey as Self
Philleo Nash as Self
Pierre Salinger as Self (uncredited)
Robert Drew as Self
Robert F. Kennedy as Self
Crew
Albert Maysles (Camera Operator)
D. A. Pennebaker (Camera Operator)
Richard Leacock (Camera Operator)
Terence Macartney-Filgate (Camera Operator)
Albert Maysles (Director of Photography)
Richard Leacock (Director of Photography)
D. A. Pennebaker (Editor)
Richard Leacock (Editor)
Terence Macartney-Filgate (Editor)
Robert Drew (Editorial Manager)
Robert Drew (Producer)
D. A. Pennebaker (Sound Recordist)
Robert Drew (Sound Recordist)
Robert Drew (Writer)
Original Poster
Primary - Original Poster
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